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Tue, Dec 27, 2011·BankAtlantic Center, Sunrise

Toronto Maple Leafs 3, Florida Panthers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 61% of the time.

FLA winsTOR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
TOR01121318332
FLA1431319526

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P1 1:57FLAErik GudbransonAssists: Tim Kennedy · Slap, 0.02 xG0–1
  2. P2 2:11TORMikhail GrabovskiAssists: Cody Franson, Nikolay Kulemin · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P2 2:30FLABill ThomasAssists: Evgenii Dadonov, Mark Cullen · Wrist, 0.13 xG1–2
  4. P2 4:13FLAJason GarrisonPPAssists: Brian Campbell, Michal Repik · Tip-in, 0.22 xG1–3
  5. P2 6:55FLAKris VersteegPPGWGAssists: Brian Campbell, Tomas Kopecky · Wrist, 0.23 xG1–4
  6. P2 9:34TORDion PhaneufAssists: Phil Kessel, Joffrey Lupul · Snap, 0.03 xG2–4
  7. P3 9:17TORMikhail GrabovskiPPAssists: Clarke MacArthur, Cody Franson · Deflected, 0.11 xG3–4
  8. P3 11:44FLATomas FleischmannAssists: Matt Bradley, Brian Campbell · Snap, 0.06 xG3–5
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 14:35FLAJason Garrison: Hooking2 min
  2. P2 3:17TORKeith Aulie: Cross checking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 5:14TORMikhail Grabovski: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P2 5:54TORClarke MacArthur: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P3 2:41FLABrian Campbell: Holding2 min
  6. P3 8:03FLATomas Fleischmann: Hooking2 min · PPG
  7. P3 12:30FLAMark Cullen: Delaying game puck over glass2 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

TOR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0FLA
45% to win55% to win
← TOR attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Connolly won the faceoff against Matthias
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

TORFLA
32Shots on goal26
2.4Expected goals3.0
58Shot attempts45
21Faceoffs won31
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
32Hits24
8Blocked shots16
2Giveaways2
3Takeaways9

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Toronto Maple Leafs

Forward lines

  1. bestLupul – Kessel – Bozak11:44

    xG 0.95–0.36 (72%)attempts 16–11goals 1–1

  2. Connolly – MacArthur – Kadri9:47

    xG 0.40–0.14 (74%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  3. Steckel – Crabb – Boyce4:58

    xG 0.21–0.13 (62%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  4. Grabovski – Kulemin – Frattin10:07

    xG 0.32–0.49 (40%)attempts 9–7goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestGunnarsson – Schenn12:29

    xG 0.87–0.29 (75%)attempts 15–10goals 0–2

  2. Franson – Gardiner13:46

    xG 0.50–0.54 (48%)attempts 14–9goals 1–1

  3. Phaneuf – Gunnarsson4:21

    xG 0.08–0.15 (35%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestBarch – Kennedy – Repik8:52

    xG 0.61–0.09 (87%)attempts 11–5goals 1–1

  2. Cullen – Thomas – Dadonov6:04

    xG 0.28–0.28 (50%)attempts 5–4goals 1–0

  3. Kopecky – Versteeg – Santorelli10:20

    xG 0.31–0.52 (37%)attempts 7–9goals 0–1

  4. Bradley – Fleischmann – Matthias10:15

    xG 0.12–0.54 (18%)attempts 5–15goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestJovanovski – Gudbranson12:41

    xG 0.60–0.31 (66%)attempts 14–10goals 1–1

  2. Campbell – Garrison11:37

    xG 0.39–0.53 (42%)attempts 7–11goals 0–0

  3. Weaver – Kulikov13:16

    xG 0.37–0.64 (36%)attempts 10–19goals 1–0

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

FLA 3.0 xGTOR 2.4 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLATOR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

FLA's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line FLA is favoured, below it TOR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 76/100 · #255 of 1230 this seasonSwing 1.28 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 55% (winner's lowest chance)
TOR 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +20 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Florida Panthers win this game 61% of the time.

FLA winsTOR wins

Simulated goal difference (FLA − TOR), 10,000 replays

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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).